State solons flay Dykstra for remarks
Madison lawmakers criticized University of Wisconsin president Clarence A. Dykstra for statements about Gaelic and Polish chairs calling them expensive luxuries and legislative frills. Debates focused on budget remarks before the joint finance committee with senators accusing the university of misrepresenting aims and value of the departments.
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Madison
Pres
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Harry W. Bolens
Port Washington
Bolens
Maurice FP. Coakney
Beloit
Dykstra
Borens
George Hampel
Milwaukee Progressive
Heil
Arthur L. Zimmy
Anthony P. Gawronski
Milwaukee Democrats
University
Zimny
Philip E. Neilson
Maple
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce
Nelson
Glenn Frank
Hopkins Names Wood His Official Adviser
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins appointed Gen. R. E. Wood of Chicago as his official adviser on business relations. Wood, former Army officer and current chair of Sears Roebuck Co. board, will serve about four months without pay or administrative duties. He accepted the temporary post to help boost government business cooperation per Roosevelt and administration leaders.
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Washington
Secretary of
Commerce
Harry L. Hopkins
R. E. Wood
Chicago
Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Hopkins
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Department
New Holstein Man Dies of Auto Monoxide Fumes
Walter C. Hanson of New Holstein was found in his gas-filled car on a side road southwest of St Nazian. The engine continued to emit deadly carbon monoxide fumes through a garden hose into the passenger compartment, indicating a likely suicide by asphyxiation.
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New Holstein
Manitowoc
Wis
Walter C. Hanson
Sti Nazian
Tax Committee Leaders Urge Tax Revision Plan
Senate finance chair Harrison and House Ways and Means chair Dough ton urged Treasury to submit views on federal tax provisions that deter business. They request recommendations after March 15, 1939 tax returns are reviewed and echoing administration aims to spur business growth. Harrison also called for radical spending cuts to boost the economy.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Econgress
Treasury Department
Pope Pius XII appeals for world peace from Vatican
Pope Pius XII opened his pontificate with a plea for peace joined to justice and charity. Broadcast from the Sistine Chapel in Latin, the new pope urged peace within families and nations and called for mutual understanding and cordial collaboration.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Pius
Pius XI
Rescue Delays as Ranger Storm Brings 132 Aboard Sealer
Heavy seas and a westerly gale halted the rescue of 132 men aboard the leaking 161 foot sealer Ranger off St. Mary's cape near Placentia bay. The Newfoundland and Imogen towed and stood by as lifeboat launches were blocked, crews bailed by bucket and pot, while weather delayed a renewed tow and potential abandonment.
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John T. Meany
United Press
St. John's Newfoundland
V.p
Ranger
Newfoundland
John Babcock
S. S
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Here
St. Mary's Cape
Placentia Bay
Imogen
Babcock
Halifax Hotel Disaster Deepens as Ice Halts Body Search
In Halifax Nova Scotia freezing conditions halted the effort to recover bodies from the Queen Hotel fire. Authorities estimate 34 dead with 53 still missing or accounted for. 28 guests and 30 employees hospitalized. Police and fire officials probe possible arson and firefighting failures. A former fire department member was detained amid inquiries and rumors of incendiary activity.
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Halifax
N. S—W.h
Fire Department
Reorganization Bill Debated After Quick House Vote
Washington Republicans plan party conference Tuesday to decide stance on a reform bill to authorize the president to draft plans abolishing and consolidating agencies. Democrats defend prompt study, while Republicans argue orders should take effect only with congressional approval if not vetoed within 60 days.
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Washington
Republican House
Special
House
Congress
Warren
North Carolina
Cochran
Democrat
Missouri
House Approves 499 Million Army Defense Bill
The House passed a 499 million dollar army appropriation bill to fund military needs for the year starting July 1. It authorizes 784 new airplanes, modern equipment, anti aircraft guns and new rifles, and strengthens seacoast defenses amid swift, near unanimous action. Senator Nye warned of foreign policy risks while Rep Collins urged scrutiny of Germany’s air power.
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Washington
House
Senate
Air Corps
Miller
Connecticut
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Collins
Mississippi
War Department
Germany
United States
Japan
Guam
Europe
Johnson
California
Austrian Jews Apply for U S Visas After Anschluss
More than 130600 Austrian Jews sought visas to the United States since Austria was annexed by Germany. About 11000 have obtained visas and several hundred have been rejected temporarily. The quota of 1000 monthly places 118000 awaiting their turn.
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Vienna
United States
Austria
Germany
WPA Worker’s Attempted Slayings Shock Milwaukee Family
A 48 year old WPA worker Nicholas Balog attempted to kill his wife Celia and two sons in their bed with a hammer and knife. He planned to kill them and himself by gas after fearing job loss and relief, but his son John 21 disarmed him. John suffered a possible skull fracture. Celia and Nicholas Jr. were injured. Balog claimed years of scraping by on WPA pay drove him to the act.
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Milwaukee
WPA
Nicholas Balog
John
Peter
Balog
Celia
County Emergency
Nicholas Jr
Nicholas
Lincoln chairman stays on Sugar Bush hill fire lookout
Clyde H. Spencer, 34, chairman of Lincoln town and Forest County conservation panel, continues a sit-down strike atop the 110-foot Sugar Bush hill fire tower. He endures cold and a busted heater as he presses to reopen fire lanes to Forest County lakes, arguing state action harms local roads and lake property values.
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Crandon
Wis
Clyde H. Spencer
Sugar Bush Hill
Spencer
Lincoln
Forest County Conservation Committee
State Conservation Commission
Janes
Forest County Lakes
Towers Peak
J. Vanderwall
State Forest Rangers
Madison
Forest County
Vanderwall
Conservation Department
Lincoln Fords
Wisconsin Weather: Unsettled Across State With Snow North
Associated Press reports unsettled conditions in Wisconsin with snow in the north and rain in the south. Tonight the Mississippi River region may see rain, with colder readings in the extreme northwest and warmer in the south. Observations from Rackstail Observatory show partly cloudy skies, temperatures from 29 at 7:3 a.m. to 43 at 1 p.m., and a high of 36 with a low of 14, no precipitation, southwest winds.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Rackstail Observatory
Gandhi Begins Fast to Death Over Rajkot Promise
Rajkot India Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast unto death after the Rajkot state thakore breaks a pledge to enact social reforms. Gandhi 70, frail from frequent fasts, says he will endure to secure the promised reform while physicians warn against the ordeal. He had last eaten dusk yesterday grapes oranges pomegranates and goat's milk.
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Rajkot
India
U.P
Mahatma
Gandhi
Thakore
The
United Press
Rajkal
Gand
Bill Pushes County Relief Aids in Wisconsin
Madison reports joint finance committees introduced a bill to appropriate 600000 from the general fund for direct relief aids to counties through June 30. The plan targets April to June relief costs, with funds allocated to the industrial commission or governor designated agency, amid prior emergency-board funding exhaustion. Four assemblymen sponsor related rural electrification and bar exam proposals, while others consider waterway negotiations with Canada and new health and employment measures.
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Madison
Legislative Joint Finance Committees
Senate
Industrial Commission
Benson Republican
Spooner
Kostuck
Progressive
Stevens Point
Hammergren
Republican
Cochrane
Thomson
Richland Center
Wisconsin Rural Electrification Coordination
Department of Agriculture and Markets
Wisconsin Development Authority
WDA
Assembly
Assemblyman
Slater
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Marquette University Law
Wisconsin
Nelson
Congress
Canada
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Young
Thhan
State Board of Juvenile Judges
Genzmer
Harvey
Grohschmidt
Dish Washer Develops Urge to Walk Backwards in Denver
John Bollinger, a 35 year old restaurant dishwasher, began walking backward among downtown shoppers after four days in Denver General Hospital. Dr. Willems described the behavior as an unusual escape from a repressed issue in Bollinger's mind. Bollinger said he left work due to lingering illness and only later developed the urge to move in reverse, which he can stop when not thinking about it.
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Dishewasher
Denver General Hospital
9 Ut
Relhager
T. L. Willems
Bollinger
Leneral
Acquittal Requested for Wittenberg in Extortion Case
Attorney Georyt Skorme asked Circuit Judge Walter Schintz to acquit Moheel M. Wittenberg on charges of attempted extortion against Dr. Leland Tromp. Wittenberg and Walter A. Drews, chief state investigator, faced a possible decision after a nonjury trial. Prosecution says they sought $2,000 to suppress a report claiming illegal operations by the physician.
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Worttenberg
Walter A. Drews
Health
Tal
Schinz
Weidenberg
Drews
Board Promotes Lieutenant Goiz To Chief Of Police
Lieutenant William A. Goiz, 55, elevated to chief of police on the fifth ballot by the board of police and fire commissioners Thursday evening after a swift decision. He succeeds the late Arthur H. Gabbert as head of the department.
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Joseph Sr
William Golz
Oshkosh
Police and Fire Board
Arthur HW. Gabbert
William A. Goiz
Arthur H. Gabbert
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Schwanke Resigns as Acting Police Chief in City
Fred A. Schwanke resigned as acting chief of police effective today after serving since the death of Chief Gabbert on November 22, 1938. The board accepted the resignation. Schwanke had been one of eight candidates with a mixed ballot outcome. The new chief, elected by the board, is Hubert G. Kelsh, though Schwanke remained in the final rounds with limited support.
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Fred A. Schwanke
Arthur H. Gabbert
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Gok
Hubert G. Kelsh
Evanston
Gabbert
Oshkosh
Pe Winnebago County
H. Peter Carlson
Japanese execute pincer movement in Haichow Drive
Shanghai reports Japanese troops, aided by bombing and fighters, drive a large pincer in northern Kiangsu against about 60,000 Chinese. Haichow, the last Chinese port north of Shanghai, is a target as cleanup forces push from Hwai-an, 200 miles northwest. Americans Geiser, Talbot missing.
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Shanghai
Kiangsu
Kiangsu-Shantung
Haichow
Hwaian
P. K. Geiser
Wheaton
Wil
A. A. Talbot
Versaills
Japan Vientsin
United States
Represtaivhons
Tientsin
Wisconsin Unemployed Receive Over Two Million in Two Months
The social security board reported unemployment benefits totaling nearly 2.2 million dollars paid for January under state unemployment laws. First payments in January occurred in 18 states, leaving Illinois and Montana as the only ones not yet paying. December and January payments included Michigan 4,160,519 and 3,664,090 dollars. Minnesota 510,724 and 831,233 dollars. Wisconsin 529,414 and 512,488 dollars.
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Washington
Social Secours Board
Ilinois
Montana
Michiigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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